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-est en · X · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪst/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• əst (Australia)
• /əst/ (Australia)
• ĭst (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est From Middle English -est, from Old English -est, -ost, from Proto-West Germanic *-ist, *-ōst, from Proto-Germanic *-istaz, *-ōstaz, related to comparative -er. Cognate of Afrikaans -ste, Dutch -st, German -(e)st, Danish -(e)st, Swedish -(a)st. Via PIE cognate with Ancient Greek -ιστος (-istos), see Pleistocene, protist.

Meanings

1. (morpheme) Used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs.
   • longest, biggest, fastest, motliest

Coordinates

-er

Relateds

-most

Translations (59)

nn mest (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · hy -գույն (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · cs nej- (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · nn -ast (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · eu -en (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · fa ترین (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · pl najbardziej (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · da -est (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · nl -ste (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · sh naj- (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · lo ...ທີ່ສຸດ (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · pl naj- (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · tl pinaka- (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · lv -ākais (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · fi -in (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · hu leg- (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · ca més (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · ms ter- (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · yo jù lọ (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · id ter- (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · fr plus (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · sv -ast (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · sh нај- (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · ro mai (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · ja 最も (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · ru -е́йший (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · de am ...-sten (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · ceb kina- -an (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · ja 最 (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · ru наибо́лее (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · de -ste (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · ko 제일 (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · nb mest (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · sk naj- (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · lv -ākā (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · tr en (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · ru наи- (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · es más (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · eo plej (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · id paling (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · jje 지중 (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · br -añ (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · nb -est (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · jje 제일 (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · km ...ជាងគេ (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · ja 一番 (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · ko 최(最)- (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · ar اَلـ (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · ru са́мый (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · cy -af (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · vi ... nhất (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · cmn 最 (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · mn хамгын (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · ko 가장 (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · hy ամենա- (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · th ...ที่สุด (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · jje ᄀᆞ장 (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · de -ster (superlative of adjectives and adverbs) · sv mest (superlative of adjectives and adverbs)

-est en · X · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪst/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• əst (Australia)
• /əst/ (Australia)
• ĭst (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yési Proto-Germanic *-ōsi Proto-West Germanic *-ōs Old English -ast Middle English -est English -est From Middle English -est, -st, from Old English -est, -ast, -st, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-zi, from Proto-Indo-European *-si. The -t was by transfer from inverted order where thou followed the verb, which also occurred in most dialects of Middle Dutch and Middle High German (compare modern German -st).

Meanings

1. (archaic, dialectal, morpheme) Used to form the second-person singular present tense and past tense of verbs. (if thou is the subject; not used with you)
   • goest, makest, wentest, madest

Forms

Relateds

thou · -eth

Translations (37)

ga -ir (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · hu -d (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · ga -air (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · fr -s (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · ru -ишь (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · ro -ești (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · pt -as (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · ro -i (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · hu -l (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · kmr -î (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · fi -t (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · ro -ezi (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · cs -íš (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · pl -isz (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · ru -ешь (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · de -st (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · pl -asz (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · la -s (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · pt -es (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · la -is (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · ga -ír (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · fr -es (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · la -es (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · la -as (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · hu -sz (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · fr -is (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · it -i (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · ru -ашь (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · ru -ёшь (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · cs -eš (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · ga -aír (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · pl -esz (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · es -as (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · es -es (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · cs -áš (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · pl -ysz (second-person singular present tense of verbs) · nl -t (second-person singular present tense of verbs)